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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Corticivora » Corticivora parva - Hodges#3446.2 (Corticivora parva)

Species Corticivora parva - Hodges#3446.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Grapholitini

Genus Corticivora

Species parva (Corticivora parva - Hodges#3446.2 )

Hodges Number

3446.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Corticivora parva Brown, 1984 (1)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "small."

Size

Brown (1984) listed the forwing length 3.0-4.75 mm. (1)

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, Missouri to Texas. (2)

Holotype ♂ from Devil's Den St Pk, Washington] County, Arkansas, 24-VI-1966, R.W. Hodges. (1)

Season

The main flight period appears to be March to August.

Heppner (2003) reported March to May in Florida. (2)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the host unknown. (2)

Print References

Brown, R.L., 1984. Review of Corticivora (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with analysis of its tribal relationships and description of new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 279; figs. 1-4, 8. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Richard L. Brown

Works Cited

1.	Review of Corticivora (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with analysis of its tribal relationships and description of new species Richard L. Brown. 1984. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 278--286.

2.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 15 April, 2009 - 3:52pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 December, 2018 - 8:05am

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